I have spent the last two days in hospital with a blockage in the upper bowel which is in turn causing me severe leg muscle pain. Movicol, senna, coloxyl, enemas, nulax, dulose, osmolax, all on top of...
Epsoms salts will break it up but only use less than an 1/8 of a teaspoon in water. It works pretty fast. I found if I stretching exercises on the loo, lean to the left, lean back sort of rotating my body that seems to ease it all down gently. Oh and for pain relief after the op, get Targin. It has a built in laxative to stop you binding up.